BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a modestly sized elementary-level community in WILTON, New York, part of SOUTH GLENS FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 311 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 30% leaner than typical.

BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 6 schools operated by SOUTH GLENS FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 2,883 students overall.

On the student-mix side, BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (96%) are White. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Saratoga County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.0%, the actual is 45.7%, a residual of -15.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Saratoga County) records that the typical household earns roughly $100,787 per year, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Saratoga County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students), BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

DOROTHY NOLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.7 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 63.9%.

BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 21%, going from 396 students in 2018 to 311 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 96% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.